LOGIC 64 BRASOV SPORT CLUB - CHESS

The Logic 64 Brasov Sports Club Association is an O.N.G .(non-profit organization) that was founded in 2010 from the desire of the two chess coaches- husband and wife, both former performance athletes - to create an organized framework for all chess enthusiasts in Brasov County and in the country, regardless of age, to promote the educational valences of chess,  to popularize and develop its practice as a sporting, creative and personal development element, in a spirit of harmony and fair play, considering also that chess can contribute positively to children's cognitive-emotional development and training.

The two coaches, Claudia Sofronie - former world vice-champion in junior classic chess (USA 1990) and multiple European vice-champion in juniors (1992 and 1993), master of the International Chess Federation, certified referee - and International Master Iulian Sofronie, former national champion in classic chess seniors and fresh bronze medalist at the National Championships of Romania at the Blitz (December 12, 2021 Poiana Brasov), certified referee, organizes within the club, for 12 years, chess courses for juniors, chess tournaments for juniors and seniors, camps, training stages and other chess events.

Logic 64 Sports Club Brasov, a performance chess club, holds a sports identity certificate (from the Ministry of Sports) and is affiliated to the Romanian Chess Federation since 2010. Both coaches are also certified referees and are graduates of the National School of Coaches (class of 2004).

The passion of the founders of the association was carried on by one of the youngest members of the association, the son of the two coaches, VLADIMIR SOFRONIE, aged 10 years now, who at the age of 6 years (2019) won, undefeated (9 games, 9 victories) the fisca international trophy dwarf group, held at Jupiter. This was only the first in the series of numerous national and international trophies and medals won by Vladimir in the years that followed:

National results:
• 2023 national champion in rapid chess, juniors 10 years
• 2023 national vice-champion in classical chess, juniors 10 years old
• 2023 national vice-champion in chess-blitz, juniors 10 years old
• 2022 place III.cu team 14 years at the National Chess School Championship "Elisabeta Polihroniade" for mixed teams of children and juniors
• 2021 - national champion in classical chess, group 8 years
• 2021 - bronze medalist at the National Chess-Blitz Championship, group 8 years

International results:
• 2023 - 7th place at the European School Championship, group 11 years (Albania)
• 2022 - Balkan champion in classic chess, group 10 years (Montenegro)
• 2022 - Balkan champion in rapid chess, group 10 years (Montenegro)
• 2022 - Balkan blitz champion, group 10 years (Montenegro)
• 2022 - 7th place at the European School Championship, group 9 years (Greece)
• 2022 - 16th place at the World Rapid Chess Championship, group 10 years (Greece)
• 2021 - European Union champion in classic chess, group 8 years (Czech Republic)
• 2021 - European vice-champion in chess-blitz, group 8 years (Serbia)

Vladimir Sofronie has been part of the National Junior Team since 2021, and in November 2022 he was selected by the Romanian Chess Federation to be part of the elite group of the squad.